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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tara’s daughter recovering from, according to the letter in Chapter 4?
(a) Measles.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Flu.
(d) Typhoid.

2. What is the main character of Fire on the Mountain’s name?
(a) Nanda Kaul.
(b) Asha.
(c) Raka.
(d) Ram Lal.

3. Though Raka ignores Nanda with ease, Nanda realizes that her “rejection of the child” was what?
(a) Easy.
(b) Painful.
(c) Planned.
(d) Infuriating.

4. Ram Lal tells Raka in Part II, Chapter 3 to avoid the factory at night because of what creatures, which come out at night?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Owls.
(d) Jackals.

5. Who meets Raka at the taxi stand at the start of Part I, Chapter 10?
(a) The taxi driver.
(b) Ram Lal.
(c) Nanda.
(d) Isla Das.

6. In Part II, Chapter 4, how often did Nand ask Raka where she had been when she would disappear for hours?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Daily.
(c) Hourly.
(d) Never.

7. What is Tara’s daughter’s name?
(a) Rieko.
(b) Raquel.
(c) Raka.
(d) Rita.

8. Who does the main character hope does not come to her house in Chapter 1?
(a) The grainseller.
(b) The police.
(c) The postman.
(d) Ram Lal.

9. At the end of Part II, Chapter 1, Nanda still sees Raka as a what?
(a) Lifesaver.
(b) Friend.
(c) Roommate.
(d) Intruder.

10. When was Nanda’s house built?
(a) 1804.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1843.

11. In Chapter 4, the letter from Asha is about which of her daughters?
(a) Raka.
(b) Tina.
(c) Isla.
(d) Tara.

12. Which former resident of Carignano once attacked the gardener for planting marigolds?
(a) Miss Appleby.
(b) Miss Appleton.
(c) Miss Mavis.
(d) Miss Hughes.

13. What has Nanda been practicing for an hour each day since she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s?
(a) Stillness.
(b) Tai Chi.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Badminton.

14. Who does Ila Das tell Nanda she wants to meet in Chapter 6?
(a) Asha.
(b) Ram Lal.
(c) Raka.
(d) The Vice Chancellor.

15. Who calls Nanda at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Ila Das.
(b) Ram Lal.
(c) Tara.
(d) Asha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ram Lal suggest he cook for Raka in Chapter 9?

2. What is the title of the section of the book Nanda is reading at the start of Part I, Chapter 8?

3. What lake does Raka look at in Part II, Chapter 5?

4. What is the title of Part I?

5. What does Ram Lal tell Raka the factories she sees are called?

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